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3:10 In the most holy <06944> <06944> place <01004> he made <04639> two <08147> images <06816> of cherubim <03742> and plated <06823> them with gold <02091>. 3:11 The combined wing <03671> span of the cherubs <03742> was 30 feet <06242> <0520>. One <0259> of the first cherub’s wings <03671> was seven and one-half feet <02568> <0520> long <0753> and touched <05060> one wall <07023> of the temple <01004>; its other <0312> wing <03671> was also seven and one-half feet <02568> <0520> long and touched <05060> one of the second cherub’s <03742> wings <03671>. 3:12 Likewise one <0259> of the second cherub’s <03742> wings <03671> was seven and one-half feet <02568> <0520> long and touched <05060> the other wall <07023> of the temple <01004>; its other <0312> wing <03671> was also seven and one-half feet <02568> <0520> long and touched <01695> one of the first <0312> cherub’s <03742> wings <03671>. 3:13 The combined wingspan <06566> <03671> of these <0428> cherubim <03742> was 30 feet <06242> <0520>. They <01992> stood <05975> upright <07272>, facing <06440> inward <01004>. 3:14 He made <06213> the curtain <06532> out of violet <08504>, purple <0713>, crimson <03758>, and white fabrics <0948>, and embroidered <05927> on <05921> it decorative cherubim <03742>. 3:15 In front of <06440> the temple <01004> he made <06213> two <08147> pillars <05982> which <0834> had a combined length <0753> of 52½ feet <02568> <07970> <0520>, with each having a plated capital <06858> seven and one-half feet <02568> <0520> high. 3:16 He made <06213> ornamental chains <08333> and put <05414> them on <05921> top <07218> of the pillars <05982>. He also made <06213> one hundred <03967> pomegranate-shaped ornaments <07416> and arranged <05414> them within the chains <08333>. 3:17 He set up <06965> the <0853> pillars <05982> in <05921> front <06440> of the temple <01964>, one <0259> on the right side <03225> and the other <0259> on the left <08042>. He named <08034> <07121> the one on the right <03227> Jachin <03199>, and the one on the left <08040> Boaz <01162>.

• 2Ch 3:1--5:1 -- The Building of the Temple

• Solomon

  [ebd] peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David's second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father on the throne in early man...
  [nave] SOLOMON Son of David by Bathsheba, 2 Sam. 12:24; 1 Kin. 1:13, 17, 21. Named Jedidiah, by Nathan the prophet, 2 Sam. 12:24, 25. Ancestor of Joseph, Matt. 1:6. Succeeds David to the throne of Israel, 1 Kin. 1:11-48; 2:12; 1...
  

• Temple, Solomon's

  [ebd] Before his death David had "with all his might" provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chr. 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chr. 3:1), on the east of the city, on the spot where ...
  

• Temple

  [nave] TEMPLE. Solomon's Called also Temple of the Lord, 2 Kin. 11:10; Holy Temple, Psa. 79:1; Holy House, 1 Chr. 29:3; House of God, 1 Chr. 29:2; 2 Chr. 23:9; House of the Lord, 2 Chr. 23:5, 12; Jer. 28:5; Father's House, John 2...
  

• TEMPLE, A1

  [isbe] TEMPLE, A1 - tem'-p'l (hekhal, "palace"; sometimes, as in 1 Ki 6:3,5, etc.; Ezek 41:1,15 ff, used for "the holy place" only; bayith, "house," thus always in the Revised Version (British and American); hieron, naos): A. STRUC...
  

• BEAUTY

  [isbe] BEAUTY - bu'-ti: The space allotted to this topic allows liberty only for the statement of two problems to students of the Bible. They should give distinct attention to the interblending of aesthetics with ethics in the Scri...
  

• Vail

  [nave] VAIL 1. Hangings used in the tabernacle to divide the holy of holies from the holy place. Called the second veil, Heb. 6:19; 9:3. Ordinances prescribing, Ex. 26:31-33. Made by Bezaleel and Aholiab, Ex. 36:35, 36. See: Vei...
  

• CHERUBIM (1)

  [isbe] CHERUBIM (1) - cher'-u-bim, cher'-oo-bim (kerubhim, plural of cherub, kerubh): Through the influence of the Septuagint, "cherubim" was used in the earlier English versions, also as a singular, hence, the plural was made to s...
  

• Holy of Holies

  [isbe] HOLY OF HOLIES - ho'-liz (qodhesh ha-qodhashim, Ex 26:33, debhir, 1 Ki 6:16, etc.; in the New Testament, hagia hagion, Heb 9:3): The name given to the innermost shrine, or adytum of the sanctuary of Yahweh. 1. In the Taberna...
  [nave] HOLY OF HOLIES Ex. 26:33, 34; Lev. 16:2, 16, 17, 20, 23, 27, 33; 1 Kin. 6:16; 7:50; 8:6; 1 Chr. 6:49; 2 Chr. 3:8, 10; 4:22; 5:7; Psa. 28:2; Ezek. 41:4, 21, 23; 45:3; Heb. 9:3, 8, 12, 25; 10:19; 13:11
  

• Cherubim

  [nave] CHERUBIM Eastward of the garden of Eden, Gen. 3:24. In the tabernacle, Ex. 25:18-20; 37:7-9. Ark rested beneath the wings of, 1 Kin. 8:6, 7; 2 Chr. 5:7, 8; Heb. 9:5. Figures of, embroidered on walls of tabernacle, Ex. 26:...
  

• Boaz

  [ebd] alacrity. (1.) The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the "levirate law" the duty devolved on him of marrying Ruth the Moabitess (Ruth 4:1-13). He was a kinsman of Mahlon, her first husband. (2.) The name given (for...
  [isbe] BOAZ - bo'-az (bo`az; Booz; "quickness" (?) Ruth 2 through 4; 1 Ch 2:11,12; Mt 1:5; Lk 3:32): (1) A resident of Bethlehem and kinsman of Elimelech, Naomi's husband. In Ruth 2:1 he is described as a gibbor chayil, a phrase wh...
  [smith] (fleetness). A wealthy Bethlehemite kinsman to Elimelech the husband of Naomi. He married Ruth, and redeemed the estates of her deceased husband Mahlon. (Ruth 4:1) Boaz is mentioned in the genealogy of Christ, (Matthew 1:5) ...
  [nave] BOAZ 1. An ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:5; Luke 3:32. History of, Ruth 2-4. 2. One of the brazen pillars of the temple, 1 Kin. 7:21; 2 Chr. 3:17.
  

• JACHIN AND BOAZ

  [isbe] JACHIN AND BOAZ - ja'-kin (yakhin, "he shall establish"; bo`az, "in it is strength," 1 Ki 7:15-22; 2 Ki 25:16,17; 2 Ch 3:15-17; Jer 52:17): These were the names of the two bronze pillars that stood before the temple of Solom...
  

• Jachin

  [smith] (he shall establish). One of the two pillars which were set up "in the porch," (1 Kings 7:21) or before the temple. (2 Chronicles 3:17) of Solomon. [BOAZ] Fourth son of Simeon, (Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15) founder of t...
  [nave] JACHIN 1. Son of Simeon, Gen. 46:10; Ex. 6:15; Num. 26:12. Called Jarib, 1 Chr. 4:24. 2. Name of a pillar, 1 Kin. 7:21; 2 Chr. 3:17. See: Boaz. 3. A priest, who returned from exile to Jerusalem, 1 Chr. 9:10; Neh. 11:10. ...
  

• LINEN

  [ebd] (1.) Heb., pishet, pishtah, denotes "flax," of which linen is made (Isa. 19:9); wrought flax, i.e., "linen cloth", Lev. 13:47, 48, 52, 59; Deut. 22:11. Flax was early cultivated in Egypt (Ex. 9:31), and also in Palestine (Jo...
  [isbe] LINEN - lin'-en (badh, "white linen," used chiefly for priestly robes, buts, "byssus," a fine white Egyptian linen, called in the earlier writings shesh; pesheth, "flax," cadhin; bussos, othonion, linon, sindon): Thread or c...
  

• VEIL (2)

  [isbe] VEIL (2) - (1) (parokheth; katapetasma; the King James Version vail): In Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, the veil that hung between the two holy chambers of the tabernacle is mentioned 23 times (Ex 26:31, etc.). In several place...
  

• Colors

  [nave] COLORS Symbolical uses of. Black A Symbol of Affliction and Calamity. Job 3:5; Job 10:20-22; Job 30:26; Psa. 107:10, 11; Psa. 143:3; Isa. 5:30; Isa. 8:22; Isa. 9:19; Isa. 24:11; Isa. 50:3; Joel 2:6, 10; Joel 3:14, 15; Amos...
  

• Types

  [nave] TYPES. Miscellaneous Bride, a type of the Church, Rev. 21:2, 9; 22:17. The sanctuary a type of the heavenly sanctuary, Ex. 40:2, 24; Heb. 8:2, 5; 9:1-12. The saving of Noah and his family, of the salvation through the go...
  

• HEAD

  [isbe] HEAD - hed (ro'-sh, Aramaic re'sh, and in special sense gulgoleth, literally, "skull," "cut-off head" (1 Ch 10:10), whence Golgotha (Mt 27:33; Mk 15:22; Jn 19:17); mera'ashah, literally, "head-rest," "pillow," "bolster" (1 K...
  

• Veil, vail

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. mitpahath (Ruth 3:15; marg., "sheet" or "apron;" R.V., "mantle"). In Isa. 3:22 this word is plural, rendered "wimples;" R.V., "shawls" i.e., wraps. (2.) Massekah (Isa. 25:7; in Isa. 28:20 rendered "covering"). The ...
  

• Chapiter

  [ebd] the ornamental head or capital of a pillar. Three Hebrew words are so rendered. (1.) Cothereth (1 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 25:17; 2 Chr. 4:12), meaning a "diadem" or "crown." (2.) Tzepheth (2 Chr. 3:15). (3.) Rosh (Ex. 36:38; 38:...
  

• COLOR; COLORS

  [isbe] COLOR; COLORS - kul'-er, kul'-erz: The word translated "color" in the King James Version is `ayin, which literally means "eye" or "appearance," and has been so translated in the Revised Version (British and American). In the...
  

• The Temple's Furnishings

  

• What was the Ark of the Covenant, and was it real?
  The Ark of the Covenant was definitely real and was a part of the tabernacle, being placed in the Holy of Holies behind the curtain. I will include articles below from three Bible Dictionaries that will give you some informat...

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